Thrasher Research Fund
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Providing grants for pediatric research projects that offer promise for advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Joined April 2021
Pregnant women who get the COVID-19 đź’‰ may be protected from SARS-CoV-2 placentitis and stillbirth, according to a new article in @AJOG_thegray. Researchers find the data shows the vaccine may reduce the risk of the virus impacting the placenta.
innovationdistrict.childrensnational.org
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Congratulations to Dr. Manley on your funded trial! You can read about the project looking at long-term outcomes for extremely premature babies through this link. https://t.co/mBz9i4Ah1n
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Congratulations Dr. Aagaard! It's wonderful to see the results of this study.
huffpost.com
Gum disease has been linked to premature birth, leading some scientists to believe bacterial infections in the mouth can increase inflammation in the body.
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Congratulations to Dr. Patterson and mentor Dr. Bose. They found resuscitation training and use of continuous electronic HR monitoring did not reduce stillbirths nor eliminate misclassification. We appreciate all the efforts going into this trial!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Resuscitation training and use of continuous electronic HR monitoring did not reduce stillbirths nor eliminate misclassification.
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Congratulations Dr. Mulkey! It's wonderful to see how the project is progressing and helping direct care for those children affected by Zika.
npr.org
Subtle developmental differences in children whose brains seemed normal at birth underscore the need to follow children long term — a lesson that may be key for babies exposed to COVID-19.
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Congratulations Dr. Cynthia Akagbosu on your Early Career Award Grant “The Role of Gut Microbiota in Children and Adolescents Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Suchitra Hourigan undertake this project! @cynthioMD @ChildrensNatl
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Congratulations Dr. Rehnuma Haque on your Early Career Award Grant “The pivotal relationship between heavy metal exposures and tuberculosis in Bangladeshi children.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Rubhana Raqib undertake this project! @icddr_b
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Congratulations Dr. Caitlin Williams on your Early Career Award Grant “Maternal Interference of Infant SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Sallie Permar undertake this project! @SalliePermar @WeillCornell
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Congratulations Dr. Stephen Tukwasibwe on your Early Career Award Grant “Malaria drug and diagnostic resistance in refugee children in Uganda.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Philip Rosenthal undertake this project! @MakCHS_SOM
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Congratulations Dr. Susannah Colt on your Early Career Award Grant “Impact of Vitamin A Status on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Children with Schistosomiasis.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Jennifer Friedman undertake this project! @SuzeColt @RIHospital
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Congratulations Dr. Ngu Abanda on your Early Career Award Grant “An assessment of humoral and cellular immunity against yellow fever in HIV+ and HIV- children vaccinated during infancy.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Vivek Nerurkar undertake this project! @uhmed
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Congratulations Dr. Amanda Gwee on your Early Career Award Grant “ITCHY study – Ivermectin Therapy in CHildren Younger than 5 years of age.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Andrew Steer undertake this project! @GweeAmanda @MCRI_for_kids
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Congratulations Dr. Sarah de Loizaga on your Early Career Award Grant “Case Managers and Peer Support Groups (CAMPS) for Prophylaxis Adherence in Rheumatic Heart Disease.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Andrea Beaton undertake this project! @CincyChildrens
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Congratulations Dr. Elizabeth Thompson on your Early Career Award Grant “Optimizing caffeine exposure to reduce post-cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury in neonates.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Kanecia Zimmerman undertake this project! @DukeU
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Congratulations Dr. Ahmad Yatim on your Early Career Award Grant “Immunological and genetic basis of SARS-CoV-2-related chilblains in children.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Jean-Laurent Casanova undertake this project! @AhmadYatim11 @casanova_lab @RockefellerUniv
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Congratulations Dr. Mahendiran Dharmasivam on your Early Career Award Grant “Overcoming the "Triad-of-Death" by Developing Frontier Anti-Cancer Drugs for Childhood Neuroblastoma.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Des Richardson undertake this project! @Griffith_Uni
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Congratulations Dr. Luria Founou on your Early Career Award Grant “Molecular Epidemiology of ESBL-Producing Enterobacterales Isolated in Pregnant Women and Neonates.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Stephen Bentley undertake this project! @LFounou @StephenBentley5 @cedbcam
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Congratulations Dr. Ivette Nuñez on your Early Career Award Grant “Monoclonal antibody discovery against influenza B virus for pediatric administration.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. James Crowe undertake this project! @Ariela_Lupi88 @croweje @VUMChealth
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Congratulations Dr. Nicklas Brustad on your Early Career Award Grant “The Effect of Early Life Vitamin D on Child Bone Health – A Personalized Approach.” Best wishes as you and mentor Dr. Hans Bisgaard undertake this project! @BrustadNicklas @COPSAC_com
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